By Estrella Pedroza
The photograph in which he poses Cuauhtémoc Blanco Bravo With three criminal leaders, the Asunción de María Parish, located in the center of Yautepec, was taken on December 12, 2018, said Tomás Toral Nájera, vicar of the Diocese of Cuernavaca.
According to Toral Nájera, the information was provided to him by the parish priest Juan Alvarado, then in charge of that church and who currently resides in Argentina.
“There is an interpretation of some medium where they do not accuse, but name the father (Juan Alvarado) and he remembers that in a mass of the December 12th (Virgin of Guadalupe day) were present (the three drug leaders and the governor), but I did not know what characters were there, other than the governor, because you cannot help but see who is the governor, “said the vicar .
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In addition, Toral Nájera explained, Juan Alvarado explained that at that mass, corresponding to the Guadalupan celebrations, a multitude of people attended and several of the attendees approached to greet the governor.
The vicar offered a press conference in the atrium of the Cathedral of Cuernavaca, in which he came out in defense of the Catholic Church of Morelos, after last Thursday in a blanket apparently placed by a criminal group In the town of Oaxtepec, in Yautepec, it is mentioned that “the church” led to the meeting between the president and the leaders of Guerreros Unidos, the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel (CJNG) and Los Tlahuicas, a group that claimed the murder of Samir Flores Soberanes , the main opponent of the Huexca thermoelectric plant.
“There is no real situation as some medium is attenuated, that the father or even at some point (on social networks) the name of Monsignor (Ramón Castro Castro) came out … We really know that these situations can be taken and touched as each who wants to do it, but it was only a mass, not a private event”, He indicated.
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Regarding the presence in the temple of Irving Eduardo Solano Vera, leader of the Guerreros Unidos cartel and later head of the CJNG plaza in Morelos; Homero Figueroa Meza, leader of the Los Tlahuicas criminal group, and Raymundo Isidro Castro Santiago, The Ray, regional leader of the CJNG in Morelos, the vicar of Cuernavaca explained that as a Church they could not deny services to anyone.
“We cannot refuse to grant a sacrament or attend to someone who requests ecclesiastical services, much less ask for names when a photograph is requested, so Father Juan assures that he never knew who they were the people who are talked about so much in the media today ”, he added.
The priest denied that the Catholic Church serves as an intermediary between authorities and criminal groups to achieve peace in Morelos.
“No; remember that the Church is always for peace, and Monsignor has made the walks for peace, has raised his voice on all occasions, has asked that there always be peace in the state, has asked all the authorities that have passed through the municipalities and, in this case in the governorship, that it always be about peace in the state and the rule of law is exercised; the church will be in favor of peace and that is not why it was tried to link through a blanket that the church is in the middle of that ”.
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However, some parishioners in the area – who prefer to protect their identity for security reasons – assured Aristegui News that the background of the photograph is not part of the main ship of the Assumption of Mary parish, site where mass is celebrated.
“The fund corresponds to the Parish House, the place where few people have access and when they enter outside the parish, since only people who collaborate with the parish priest or cleaning people have access, they do so at the invitation of the parish authority and normally hold private meetings, “said the person contacted.
It is important to specify that it is also mentioned in social networks that the photo was taken in the rectory.
